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Historical Event on 12/4/1999

A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1913The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.
3/24/1855First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.
9/25/1999Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu.
12/17/1978Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.
12/17/1978The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East.
3/2/1986Kashinath Ghanekar, famous stage artist, passed away.
12/27/1926Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK.
11/18/1974Telex Service started between India and Pakistan.
12/5/2000Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'.
9/20/1878Hindu"", an English weekly in Madras with G. S. Aiyer as its Editor, was first published with only 80 copies.